Packaging Sustainability Manager

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Job Description

From Merchandising and Marketing - Product Development and Design, through to Supply Chain and Space Planning - our mission is to bring stylish wardrobe, home, and beauty essentials to our customers via an easy, inspiring shopping experience online and in store that will delight them every time.

As we accelerate the transformation of our business to suit the changing needs of our customer, we need results-orientated colleagues that not only have a passion for our product, but a strong team working ethos, creativity, and a healthy commercial aim to join us on our journey.

We are looking for a Packaging Sustainability Manager to join our Clothing & Home Team. You will be responsible for Support, Develop and drive the delivery of the C&H Packaging Sustainability Strategy with the Packaging Lead

Responsibility for management of all suppliers to ensure technical and legal compliance of all packaging.

Communicate and ensure implementation of best industry practice is followed in all projects within the Business.

Demonstrate outstanding communication skills with both colleagues and the supply chain

Responsible & Accountable for all Packaging Waste & Legislative/Sustainability Reporting

Initiate, lead and monitor projects which are aimed at advancing key sustainability goals of M&S as well as leverage commercial impact and packaging innovation

To stay close to customers, our support teams are in the office three days a week as we believe that skills are developed through collaboration, and that spending time together makes us more creative and connected.

What's in it for you

Being a part of M&S is exactly that - becoming a part and playing your part. We're an inclusive, dynamic, exciting, and always evolving business built on core values.

Here are some of the benefits we offer that make working for M&S just that little bit more special...

• 20% Colleague discount on most things from furniture, fashion, and food.
• A first-class welcome to M&S with a tailored induction and a wide range of training schemes to help with your learning and development. Having options to progress is something we're proud of at M&S.
• Attractive annual bonus, based on company performance and personal goals.
• Competitive holiday entitlement with the potential to buy extra holiday days!
• Amazing perks and discounts via our M&S Choices website. Including GymSave - that offers up to 25% off Gym Memberships and the option to become an M&S Shareholder using our ShareSave & ShareBuy Schemes
• Charity Volunteer Day - A paid day away from work to support your chosen charity.
• A very generous Defined Contribution Pension Scheme and Life Assurance
• Every colleague at M&S has access to a fantastic range of wellbeing support - this includes access to our 24/7 Virtual GP, PAM Assist to support you & your family & free access to the UnMind App as well as many other schemes

What you'll do

Your key accountabilities will include

• Work with the Packaging Lead to develop the Clothing, Home & Beauty packaging sustainability and compliance strategy, putting the customer first, aligning to the commercial strategy!
• Protect all packaging components across from product safety, compliance and sustainability and ethical issues in line with legislation and policy.
• Build and maintain policies and processes that support PLAN A reporting for internal and external purposes including key compliance and sustainability measurements and targets, ensuring clear communication and implementation across teams and regions. Coaching and providing direction to drive vital compliance.
• Ensure deployment of environmental sustainability data management tools, with the M&S Supply Chain including data collected from the HIGG and ZDHC tools.
• Build positive relationships with the UK and Global compliance and sustainability teams, colleagues, suppliers and peers.

Who you are

Your skills and experience will include

• Excellent project management skills delivering to critical path time scales and legislative agendas. Eg packaging reductions
• Degree in Chemistry, Textile, Packaging, Sustainability and Environmental Science or related disciplines
• Passion for sustainability with knowledge and experience of industry-wide initiatives in raw material (plastics, board) and environmental sustainability
• Highly analytical, able to interpret data (Higg Index, Environmental Chemicals, Power BI, Advanced Excel Advanced Power Point l, LCA, CIU, QPI's) and drive insights and present results to support strategic thinking.
• Demonstrates a proven track record of dealing with packaging manufacturing and technologies on a global scale.
• Proven track record to drive, deliver and present sustainability, innovation and newness in aligned and joined up approach with Colleagues and suppliers.

Everyone's welcome

M&S is ready to push boundaries to lead the retail industry into a greener, speedier, more inspiring digital era. That's why we're revolutionising how we work and offering our most exciting opportunities yet. There's never been a better time to be part of our team. Marks & Spencer aims to be an inclusive organisation, trusted, and admired by our colleagues, customers, and suppliers. Join us and make an immediate impact.

We are committed to an active Inclusion, Diversity and Equal Opportunities Policy, which starts with our recruitment and selection process, and we are happy to talk flexible working.

If you consider yourself to require reasonable adjustments to any part of our recruitment process, we invite you to share those requirements with us when completing your application. We will make every effort to ensure your needs are met to provide a fair and transparent process of assessment.

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